Washington DC by boat

After one false try leaving Deltaville (the starboard engine quit when we were about an hour and a half out, so we returned for a - thankfully - quick fix) we left Velcroville a week ago Sunday and headed for the Potomac. Docked overnight at White Point Marina (our car was waiting for us, so we drove to a restaurant for Mother's Day) then headed up the Potomac. Next night we docked at Colonial Beach, then anchored in Mattawoman Creek overnight. Made it up to Washington D.C. on Wednesday. Anchored out from the Capitol Yacht Club, paid $15 a day for use of all their wonderful facilities, and had two glorious days to walk and ride bikes around the Mall, visit Congress (Senate and House), and the Library of Congress. This location is SUPER! Close to everything, and right next to the Fish Market.

We moved to one of CYC's transient docks on Friday, when Liz and her boyfriend James came down from NYC. They arrived Friday night. Saturday we bummed around together (they rented bikes from Capitol Bikeshare), visited the Spy Museum and Good Stuff Eatery (Spike from Top Chef's restaurant, and he was there). Baked a whole fish for a late dinner, then played Rummikub and called it a day. Sunday we headed for Air and Space, and they did the Mall, then took us to dinner at Zaytinga (tough place to get in, great food, casual, small plates). Then they headed out to visit a few clubs. They left Monday at noon, and we spent several hours in the Postal Museum, then back to the boat.

We'll go back out on the anchor tomorrow and stay a few more days before heading back down the Potomac to retrieve our car and head to NJ and OH for a couple weeks before continuing our journey. Life is good!